A 23-year-old man allegedly stabbed his 4-year-old nephew to death in Kenya’s Kilingot hamlet, Baringo north.
Silas Kipkosgei, the guy who stabbed his nephew, was supposedly the guardian of the child. According to accounts, the suspects enticed his prey with sweets and rock cakes at his home before stabbing him three times in the neck.
Solomon Cheptumo, a community elder, told the journalist that the small boy’s grandmother came home from the farm to check on him and feed him lunch, but she couldn’t find him. She then contacted the suspect, who was inside the house but didn’t answer.
“She then peeped through the window, seeing Kipkosgei sitting at the edge of the sofa watching his nephew, with some blood flowing on the sofa, she pleaded with him to open the door but he did not respond, and that’s when she suspected something was wrong and called out for help from the neighbors.
“Upon arrival, we made our way inside the living room, and to our shock found Kipkosgei drinking water from a cup while staring at the body of the deceased which was lying lifeless on the sofa with blood oozing from the stabbed wounds,” neighbors said.
The police reportedly arrived to stop the community from lyching the man and arrested him.